title: Oppositional Defiant Disorder: prevalence based on parent and teacher ratings of Malaysian primary school children.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study examined the prevalence rate of Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) in Malaysian primary school children.
  
  
  METHODS
  In all 934 Malaysian parents and teachers completed ratings of their children using a scale comprising DSM-IV-TR ODD symptoms.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results showed rates of 3.10%, 3.85%, 7.49% and 0.64% for parent, teacher, parent or teacher ("or-rule"), and parent and teacher ("and-rule") ratings, respectively. When the functional impairment criterion was not considered, the rate reported by parents was higher at 13.28%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The theoretical, diagnostic and cultural implications of the findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Health Sciences, University of Ballarat, Ballarat, Australia. rapson.gomez@ballarat.edu.au
authors.forename: Rapson
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gomez
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hafetz
authors.forename: Rashika Miranjani
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Gomez
mesh_terms: D019958:Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D003469:Culture; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D015995:Prevalence; D012574:Schools; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires